The latest issue of Res Extensa draws parallels between the story of Ford and Rolls-Royce and Stewart Brandβs framework of Low Road and High Road design, from How Buildings Learn.
We have polar opposite philosophies of design and construction that each is capable of producing things that well outlast their owners, and this applies to buildings, vehicles, and anything else we bring into our lives.
The Rolls endured through reliability. The Model T endured through repairability.
One inspired the devotion of its owner. The other devoted itself to its owner.